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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



106332 to 106343— Continued. 



For previous introduction see 80066. 



106335. Eucalyptus diversicolor F. 

 Muell. Karri gum. 



A tall tree, up to 350 feet in height, 

 native to Western Australia, straight in 

 habit and a fairly rapid grower. The 

 very dense and elastic wood is considered 

 superior timber, being used by wheel- 

 wrights and for shipbuilding. The tree 

 prefers a moist climate and is quite frost 

 resistant, but it does not endure dry heat. 



For previous introduction see 48988. 



106336. Eucalyptus dives Schauer. 



A small tree up to 12 feet in height, 

 native to New South Wales. The large 

 cordate leaves are opposite, but tend to 

 become alternate toward the tips of the 

 branches. The flowers are borne in dense 

 axillary umbels. 



For previous introduction see 75624. 



106337. Eucalyptus erytheocorys F. 

 Muell. 



Usually a shrub 8 to 10 feet high, but 

 sometimes a tree up to 30 feet. The 

 broadly linear rigid leaves are 6 inches 

 long, and the large flowers, in axillary 

 clusters, have bright red fleshy caps over 

 the buds and the long stamens are yellow. 

 The ribbed, hemispherical fruits are 1 to 2 

 inches long. It is native to Western 

 Australia. 



For previous introduction see 93837. 



106338. Eucalyptus gigantea Hook. f. 



A large tree often 300 feet high and 30 

 feet in diameter, With white bark and 

 smooth glaucous branchlets. The ovate- 

 lanceolate leaves are 4 to 6 inches long, 

 and the small flowers, numerous in dense 

 heads, are followed by spherical fruits. 

 It is native to Australia. 



For previous introduction see 90695. 



106339. Eucalyptus lehmanni (Schauer) 

 Freiss. Lehmann gum. 



A large shrub or small tree, with rough 

 reddish bark peeling off in irregular 

 sheets. The greenish-yellow flowers open 

 from July to September. Native to West- 

 ern Australia. 



For previous introduction see 101167. 



106340. Eucalyptus marginata J. E. 

 Smith. 



An Australian shrub or small tree, 

 often clear of branches for two-thirds of 

 its height. The hard durable wood is used 

 for timber, piles, and railway ties. The 

 tree will grow in a great variety of soils, 

 but prefers moist, well-drained situations. 



For previous introduction see 86402. 



106341. Eucalyptus microcorys F. Muell. 



A tall tree with persistent wrinkled 

 hark, thin broadly lanceolate leaves, and 

 small white flowers. The yellowish tim- 

 ber is especially useful for ballroom floors 

 because of its greasy nature. Native to 

 Australia. 



106342. Eucalyptus preissiana Schau. 



A shrubby eucalyptus about 8 feet high, 

 with rigid branchlets, shining green, ob- 

 long-elliptic leaves nearly 4 inches long, 

 and small yellowish flowers in axillary 

 clusters. Native to southern Australia. 



For previous introduction see 104171. 



106332 to 106343— Continued. 



106343. Eucalyptus pyripormis Turcz. 



Red Mallet. A shrub or small tree, 

 found in Western and southern Australia, 

 where it attains a height of 8 to 10 feet. 

 The very thick narrow leaves are rarely 

 more than 3 inches long, and the large 

 flowers are red when fresh. The yellow- 

 ish-white timber is hard, heavy, and du- 

 rable. 



For previous introduction see 48997. 

 106344 to 106363. 



From British Guiana. Material collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received August 27, 1934. 



Unless otherwise mentioned, the following 

 were introduced as seeds. 



106344. Anacardium giganteum Hance. 

 Anacardiaceae. 



No. 2324. A tropical tree with alter- 

 nate, obovate, thick leaves about 5 inches 

 long and small, kidney-shaped fruits. Na- 

 tive to Brazil. 



106345. Ananas sativus Schult. f. Brom- 

 eliaceae. Pineapple. 



No. 2353. Seedling of the Montserrat 

 pineapple. 



106346. Cacoucia coccinea Aubl. Com- 

 bretaceae. 



No. 2373. A woody climber that reaches 

 the tops of the tallest trees in British 

 Guiana. The rigid ovate alternate leaves 

 are long-acuminate, and the showy red 

 flowers are in long terminal spikes. 



106347. Carapa guianensis Aubl. Melia- 

 ceae. Crabwood tree. 



No. 2406. Andiroba, meaning "bitter 

 oil." A quick-growing tree which becomes 

 tiO feet high, with compound leaves 18 

 inches long, small axillary flowers, and 

 thick-shelled russet-brown fruits about 3 

 inches in diameter containing two to six 

 chestnutlike seeds. The bitter oil ex- 

 pressed from the seeds is used by the na- 

 tives, who rub it into their skin to pro- 

 tect themselves from noxious insects ; it 

 is also made into a varnish or lacquer 

 for iron objects, protecting them from 

 rust. 



For previous introduction see 44711. 



106348. Cleome polygama L. Capparida- 

 ceae. 



No. 2414. An annual about 2 feet high, 

 with compound leaves composed of three 

 lanceolate leaflets 1 to 4 inches long and 

 white or pale-rose flowers an inch long. 

 Native to the West Indies. 



106349. Combretum sp. Combretaceae. 



No. 2404. The combretums are woody 

 climbers with racemes or spikes of small 

 flowers which are sometimes very showy. 



106350 to 106352. Tephrosia toxicaria 

 Pers. Fabaceae. 



A leguminous shrub up to 7 feet high, 

 with leaves made up of nine or more leaf- 

 lets and racemes of white and pink flow- 

 ers. It is used as a cover crop. 



For previous introduction see 101188. 



106350. No. 2315. 



106351. No. 2423. 



106352. No. 2409. 



